useless

inutile, inutilisable

Qui ne peut pas être utilisé ou n’aide à rien faire.

En anglais simple : Something like this cannot be used or does not help you do anything.

• This broken phone is useless.
• The key was useless because they had changed the lock.
• Are these old cables completely useless now?

Synonymes : unusable, good for nothing

Contraires : useful

Expressions courantes : useless tool, completely useless

inutile, vain

Se dit d’une action qui n’apportera aucun résultat et n’améliorera pas la situation.

En anglais simple : An action like this will not achieve anything or improve the situation.

• Further discussion is useless.
• It was useless to argue with him.
• They made several useless attempts to start the engine.

Comment l'utiliser : it is useless to do something (It is useless to complain after the decision is final.)

Synonymes : pointless, futile

Contraires : worthwhile

Expressions courantes : useless effort, useless to argue